"Nobel Prize For Child Advocates" Announces 2014 Alumni Award Honoree
(PRWEB) September 30, 2014 -- World of Children Award will honor Chaim Peri – Director Emeritus of Yemin Orde Youth Village – in New York City on November 6, 2014, for giving thousands of uprooted youth around the world a home at the Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel. The Village has been so successful at helping at-risk youth achieve success in school and later in life that the principles of the model have been adopted by 20 other educational communities throughout Israel and abroad.
Chaim Peri’s name means “fruitful life” in Hebrew, and he has taken that connection to heart. For more than 30 years, Peri has brought new meaning to the word “life” for thousands of youth around the world who were uprooted or from dysfunctional homes, giving them a long-term home base at Yemin Orde, the Orde Wingate Youth Village in Israel.
Tellingly, once youth graduate from Yemin Orde, they often return “home” to Yemin Orde to visit or to spend weekends or holidays, serving as role models for the children at the village. Peri has played an integral role in fostering this strong sense of community.
“The graduates of Yemin Orde over the years have been my main inspiration to continue and to broaden the scope of our work,” Peri said.
The successful model that Peri has created at Yemin Orde has been integrated in 20 educational institutions throughout Israel, shared by all sectors of Israeli society: Jews and Arabs alike.
“I hope to see each Village Way hub serving as a beacon of hope and wholeness in its area,” Peri said. “I would like to see it expand beyond the borders of Israel; making an impact on educational communities in the Middle East and throughout the world.”
In 1998, Peri received one of the very first World of Children Humanitarian Awards for his dedication to troubled youth at Yemin Orde. World of Children Award will honor him again with their 2014 Alumni Award at the World of Children Awards Ceremony on November 6, 2014.
“We are deeply inspired by the remarkable contributions our Honorees have made to changing the trajectory of children’s lives for the better,” said Harry Leibowitz, World of Children Award Co-Founder and Co-Chair.
To learn more about Chaim Peri, visit http://www.worldofchildren.org/honoree/chaim-peri
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Brock Weaver, World of Children Award, http://www.worldofchildren.org, +1 925-452-8272, [email protected]
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